State Comptroller Netanyahu Engelman said this morning (Tuesday) that he will also examine the conduct of the State Attorney's Office and the Ministry of Justice in the case of the use of NSO's Pegasus software by the police.
The Comptroller has already announced with the explosion of the affair that "began with an audit on the use of law enforcement agencies, and in particular the Israel Police, in technological means for enforcement purposes.
At a conference in B'Sheva, he said: "Recent publications regarding the use of spyware against citizens are striving and trampling on the values of democracy and serious invasion of privacy. The ministry below will conduct an investigation not only the police but also the Ministry of Justice The boundaries of the decree in front of a state commission of inquiry or another committee that will be decided to be established. "
The remarks were made despite statements by prosecutors that they did not know at all about the illegal use of the software.
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